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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to rules for issuing receipts pertaining to bail bonds. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1704.305, of the Texas Occupations Code |
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is amended as follows: |
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Sec. 1704.305. BAIL BOND RECEIPT AND INSPECTION; OFFENSE. |
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(a) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not |
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receive money or other consideration or thing of value from a person |
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for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond unless the bail bond |
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surety or agent issues a receipt to the person as provided by |
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Subsection (b). |
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(b) The receipt must state: |
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(1) the name of the person who pays the money or |
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transfers the consideration or thing of value; |
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(2) the amount of money paid or the estimated amount of |
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value transferred; |
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(3) if the person transfers consideration or a thing |
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of value, a brief description of the consideration or thing of |
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value; |
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(4) the name of the defendant [style] and number of the |
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case and the court in which the bond is executed, if available; and |
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(5) the name of the person receiving the money, |
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consideration, or thing of value. |
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(c) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety |
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shall retain a duplicate or electronic copy of a receipt issued |
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under Subsection (a). The copy of the receipt shall be made |
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available for inspection by: |
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(1) a representative of the board in any county in |
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which the bail bond surety is licensed; and |
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(2) an appointed representative of a court in which |
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the bail bond surety agrees to execute bail bonds. |
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(d) A receipt may be supplemented. |
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[(e) A person commits an offense if the person violates this |
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section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |